Heating Your Home Efficiently

How To Install A Combination Boiler

Last edited on August 11, 2010

A combination boiler is able to heat up a small home more efficiently than most other units. One of the biggest advantages that it has to offer is the amount of space that it doesn’t take up. They are compact and can be placed anywhere in the home that is most convenient. That is one of the reasons why they work best in smaller homes with one bathroom only.

One of the reasons why they don’t need as much space to operate is the lack of equipment. It does not use how water storage cylinders or feed and expansion tanks. These units are offered to be both centralized and localized. Make sure that you are installing the unit correctly and with minimal problems.

You must start off the installation by finding best place to put the boiler so that the exhaust gases are able to be removed from the home safely. The terminal must not be obstructed in anyway by low ceiling or materials that can catch on fire.

Most buildings will require a minimum of 1300 millimeters in height, 325 millimeters in open depth space, and 465 millimeters in width of space surrounding the boiler. In order to make these measurements as accurate as possible you can outline the borders with chalk.

Place the radiators below a pair of windows. You can hang the radiators, at the least, 100 millimeters from the floor and 150 millimeters below the windowsill. This will give it enough space to heat the home comfortably. Keep 75 millimeters of space on either end for valve clearance. Double glazing should be fitted around to increase the room you have to place it where it needs to go.

Make sure that you find the right pipe sizes and routes. Place these pipes away from doorways and obstructions. Instead you should place them beneath the floorboards. Extend them down to the ground floor radiators. Make sure that you map out a route that they can branch outward from and travel to the radiators upstairs.

Make sure to leave room for the air vent elbows that are located on each vertical rise. 22 millimeter pipes will be used for the main circuits and 15 millimeter pipes will be used to tee of every radiator.

Install the pipes and routes and make sure to fit the radiator tail valve into the tapings. Use a type of thread seal to tape the threads and place the thermostatic radiator valves on the flow of the radiator. Place the air vent plug above the lock shield valve and blank off the plug above the radiator tail.

Now connect the cold water inlet from the rising main to the boiler. Use a 15 millimeter copper pipe so that you can loop the boiler to the cold water supply pipe. Hire a professional that can run gas to the boiler. Any utility company should be able to help you with this.